Archive for July, 2016

There has been lot of talk about the changes to the Citi Prestige card. The most notable change is the signup bonus. Now, you can only get 40,000 ThankYou Points after spending $4,000 or more with in 3 months, which used to be 50,000 ThankYou points after spending $3,000 or more within 3 months. …

IHG has announced a new set of PointBreaks hotels. IHG Rewards club members can book these hotels for just 5,000 points/night for stays between now and Oct 31,2016. You can buy 5,000 points for $35 by following the steps in this post IHG PointBreaks . You can also buy IHG points the conventional way or transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards to …

If you hold a Hyatt Credit card from Chase, you can get 40% bonus on Hyatt points purchase. You need to buy at least 5,000 points and is valid through July 31, 2016. You can buy 77,000 points (including bonus) for $1,320 (1.71 cent/point). This can stack with 10% back on award reservations. …

Back in mid 2015, Discover announced the Double cashback promotion for new card holders. There was also a small window for the existing card holders to sign up. Discover it card holders get double cashback, while Discover it Miles card holders get double miles. We are now in July, 2016 – which means 12 …

We recently wrote about the 10,000 MR points bonus for enrolling your Amex Platinum charge card in Extended Payment option. I can confirm that, I was able to enroll for this offer through phone by mentioning code CAYJ:0005, even though I was not targeted. Today I noticed that 10,000 points have already …

Citi just sent out an email offering 2,500 bonus AAdvantage miles for adding an authorized user to select Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select MasterCard holders. This was made a little complicated by adding an additional requirement of spending $3,000 or more by 09/30/2016. Check your email to find out if you are targeted for this …

Amex has sent an email to select American Express Platinum card holders offering 10,000 membership rewards (MR) points for enrolling in Extended Payment option. Platinum card is a charge card, which means you have to pay your entire balance before the due date. With the extended payment option, you could carry balance at a …

Starting 07/17/2016 through 07/23/2016, Staples is offering $15 Staples gift card through Easy Rebate, when you purchase $300 or more in MasterCard gift cards in stores. Analysis A $50 or $100 gift card will incur $5.95 in fees and $200 gift card will incur a $6.95 fee. These gift cards can be used anywhere MasterCard debit cards …

If you hold a Chase Hyatt Credit card, you can get 10% of your redeemed points back to your account for redemption’s through Oct 31, 2016. You must register for this promotion by Aug 31, 2016. Things you should know: Effective Aug 01, 2016, Hyatt is modifying the categories of 106 hotels. If you …

Several new Amex offers are available this morning, some of them are potential money makers. Here is a snapshot of the offers. A few tips: Some Best Buy and Bed Bath Beyond stores sell visa gift cards. You can add Best Buy offer through twitter using the #Amexbestbuy Conclusion: There are many …